The story so far...

[NordieBoy]

sorry for being negative but what a waste of money and time...........bike looked fine before.

all those stickers and other stuff you dont need for dirt........
remind me same situation with jetski i used to be great fan.....

dirt bike has to be dirty

p.s.happy to ride 1990 kdx 200 ...... scruffy as hell

Yeah but people will laugh and point when you're standing on the podium behind it.

[Blagger]

sorry for being negative but what a waste of money and time...........bike looked fine before.

all those stickers and other stuff you dont need for dirt........
remind me same situation with jetski i used to be great fan.....

dirt bike has to be dirty

p.s.happy to ride 1990 kdx 200 ...... scruffy as hell

So..you say you don't care what people think of how your bike looks but insist on commenting on how someone else's bike looks?
I smell hypocrisy

If we were to follow your lead we'd all ride shitty looking bikes eh? Some of us do, but to me if someone else is riding a flash looking bike it's just another person into dirtbiking which is all good.
Also cleaning ya bike is a good way to run an eye over everything and check that it's up to scratch - I like to make my ride as reliable as possible so as to cut down on long walks..

[unstuck]

So..you say you don't care what people think of how your bike looks but insist on commenting on how someone else's bike looks?
I smell hypocrisy

If we were to follow your lead we'd all ride shitty looking bikes eh? Some of us do, but to me if someone else is riding a flash looking bike it's just another person into dirtbiking which is all good.
Also cleaning ya bike is a good way to run an eye over everything and check that it's up to scratch - I like to make my ride as reliable as possible so as to cut down on long walks..

Here here and amen.

[DJSin]

Hey C1 good to see you are still into bikes with motors.

Your new bike looks cool. Hope it's riding well with all that effort you've put into it

[thecharmed01]

hehe yup, still stoked on riding!

In fact, even more so since getting myself on the Honda.
The difference in the way the power is has made a HUGE difference for me with riding it. I've noticed my speed has gone through the roof compared to what it was before, because now I've actually got more behind me to get me outta trouble... LOL
It used to be that I always rode alone because 1) I was too damned slow and 2) I was too damned slow
But the last half a dozen rides have been quite wicked because while I'm still nowhere near quick, I am at least starting to hold my own.
Still got certain things I'm really not strong at, but I've improved on them a lot and my strong points are stronger than ever.
It's nice to be able to actually ride with my bf for the first time since I started riding EVER. I've never been able to do that before as I was always too slow and his bike kept fouling plugs trying to ride as slow as I did.... LOL

One thing I am struggling to get used to though is the excess power on clay corners.
Last big ride, several times I put on the gas going into a corner and found myself facing the wrong way down the hills again as it's got more power than I'm used to so I was kinda spinning out. Oops....
Really gotta get that figured out cause I got crashed into once or twice as the boy tends to follow pretty closely.

[thecharmed01]

Well, the boys decided to play with my bike and it's been out of commission for a bloody long time

But it seems that it's finally fixed YAY!

They put a new exhaust on it, a 2 Brothers that was for a 250R modified with new stainless piping.
Which made it start running like a pig and missing and just sluggish as all heck.
So it was re-jetted and adjusted as much as possible.
But it didn't fix it.
He ordered four sets of parts from a useless local bike shop who kept ordering the wrong bits, or giving him the wrong parts and trying to pass them off as the right ones (gah.... still so angry about those IDIOTS) and they also were complete jerks about giving us information and helping us out.
Also emailed another store to try and order parts, with 3 weeks and no response at all.
Is it any wonder local bike shops are a waste of time and space and people go offshore?


Cause in the end, I jumped online, found an AWESOME website in the US that had everything I needed, information, parts and so I ordered, had the RIGHT parts within a week landed in NZ and now my bike ROCKS.

Replaced all the jets, and the rev box which fixed all my poor bikes issues and now it's apparently running like a dream and with a huge power increase.

Will see tomorrow when I take it for it's first post-upgrade spin!!!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Blagger]

Good to hear you're up and running - if you have the "accidental 180 degree turn" thing happening on clay then that's not just you - if it's in Akatarawa, especially within 2 or 3 days of having rained, those bald-top bits of track get really slick.
It's happened to me and I've seen it happen to others - the only thing I found that worked was maintaining a minimum speed through the clay sections, esp uphill, but that's only a partial fix..

[thecharmed01]

Had the BEST ride on Sunday!

Took it up Long Gully, just for a wee play and she's running like a DREAM now! So so cool. A lot more power than it had before and when I headed up one of the hills, I wasn't even able to rev it out completely as I kept losing traction hahaha
Was a bti of a shock as that's never happened before, but I think once I have spent a bit more time on it I am going to love it even more

[merv]

Fantastic story.

Sad to hear the problem you are having with the local shops. What is wrong with some Kiwis as I am still waiting for a response about a part for my Yamaha 18 months later.

As you say, no wonder we buy overseas

[thecharmed01]

I don't get it really, they complain that they don't get enough business, but when people who will spend money TRY to spend with them, they muck you around, supply incorrect parts and misinformation and make you not want to go back.

So far we've had lousy service from every bike shop in Wellington and I'm a pretty easy person to deal with.
I generally go in knowing what I need and who makes it.
All I expect is the store to either hand it to me, so I can pay and leave... or order it in so I can pay and leave. Not so hard?
I always go in with cash, so I'm not sure what the problem is - and I've even asked other people to go into stores for me in case it's me, and had the same or worse results.

I've spent around 2k in parts for my bike, and only about $500 was in New Zealand. The rest I went straight to the manufacturers, or as in the last case, an overseas webstore for.
If I am honest too, if the first store didn't lie outright to me, I would have gone back - but now I regret even paying them any money.


My bike is awesome and I love it, I don't love that it's been a bit of a mission... but it's sure burnt me from ever even looking in New Zealand for anything ever again.
I've found overseas companies have better service, better prices and better ranges.
Delivery is often quicker too hahahahaha

[NordieBoy]

I've found overseas companies have better service, better prices and better ranges.
Delivery is often quicker too hahahahaha

Yep. I've ordered stuff Sat morning from the States and it's arrived Tuesday morning.

I've been waiting on a camera from ChCh for 7 days now...

[thecharmed01]

Yep. I've ordered stuff Sat morning from the States and it's arrived Tuesday morning.

I've been waiting on a camera from ChCh for 7 days now...

Crazy!!! I've had the same thing!
I don't get it, you would think being in the same country and all it would be quicker. But I bought a flash from Christchurch which took 2 weeks to arrive.
Then I bought a $1700 lens from overseas which was landed in NZ and processed in customs within 36 hours and delivered to my house in under 48 hours.

[noobi]

Some of the smaller bike shops wont put orders through the same day you tell them to get you a part. They will wait until theres more to get from that supplier, sometimes its a day, sometimes its the end of the week. Its poor on their part not to just absorb the shipping costs on every order they need to make so they keep the customer happy, instead of trying to save $10 on a inter island courier.
FYI, any part iv needed, for ktm, gasgas, or any gear I want, iv had in 3 days max through MR Motorcycles, who are a kawi/suzi shop. Although any shop should be able to emulate this type of customer service, its not particularly difficult.